Gemini Live

by Google

Google's conversational Gemini voice mode — successor surface for Assistant on Android.

TL;DR

Google's conversational Gemini voice mode — successor surface for Assistant on Android.

Best for open-ended voice conversations on Android phones, eventually replacing Google Assistant on Pixel devices. Pricing: Free tier · Gemini Advanced $19.99/mo.

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Pricing
Free tier · Gemini Advanced $19.99/mo
Platforms
Android, iOS, Web

What it is

Gemini Live is the conversational voice surface on top of the Gemini multimodal model. Streaming audio in, streaming speech + text out. It is in the process of subsuming Assistant on Android phones.

Best for: Open-ended voice conversations on Android phones, eventually replacing Google Assistant on Pixel devices.
Watch out for: Cloud-only; not designed for offline transcription; mobile-first.

Install / use

gemini.google.com — install the Gemini app on Android / iOS

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported45
HIPAA eligibleNo

Gemini Live vs Whipscribe

FeatureGemini LiveWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFree tier · Gemini Advanced $19.99/mofree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages4599
PlatformsAndroid, iOS, WebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Gemini Live

Otter.ai
Otter.ai

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free / from $10/mo
Rev
Rev

Human + AI transcription, highest accuracy tier on the market.

AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min
Descript
Descript

Audio/video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline — different product category.

free / from $12/mo

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.